002 - Surplus Food, Big Buildings, and Power Hungry Lugals
The Maritime History Podcast16 Aug 2014

002 - Surplus Food, Big Buildings, and Power Hungry Lugals

We'll witness the expansion of Sumer from a scattered farming society into the world's first true civilization and see how society became less egalitarian with the emergence of a ruling class. Then, surplus grain and the ambitions of the rulers combined to spur on long distance trade that reached south into the Persian Gulf and beyond.

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003 - Sargon to Hammurabi: Trade and Turmoil in Ancient Mesopotamia

003 - Sargon to Hammurabi: Trade and Turmoil in Ancient Mesopotamia

Although this episode will cover a greater span of time than the first two episodes covered, we'll still slow down and see how a Sumerian moon-god named Nanna-Suen and a Mesopotamian Royal Hymn called...

26 Aug 201425min

001 - Boating with the Ubaid People

001 - Boating with the Ubaid People

In which we meet the Ubaid people and see how they became the first inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia and used their natural resources to construct basic reed boats. Show Notes Support the Podcast

10 Aug 201414min

000 - Maritime History Matters

000 - Maritime History Matters

Thanks for dipping your toes in the figurative waters here with the Maritime History Podcast! I'm Brandon Huebner and I'll briefly introduce the podcast and explain why I think maritime history is an ...

10 Aug 201413min

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